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dcb · 06-09-2008, 02:48 PM

FYI, no backlight on those too. I was just checking them out yesterday in fact. You can just point an LED at it I suppose and coat the back of the LED with black paint so it doesn't glare.

The other LCD caveat that paulb gave me was that the temperature range on some LCDs isn't very good. They just go blank below a certain temperature. The "official" one looks like it is 0 deg C ~ +50 deg C per the spec. We might want to reconsider that display before winter gets here. There are a bunch on mouser.com that claim -20 to +70 operating temp for not a lot of money.

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dcb needs more cowbell Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: ÿ Posts: 5,038 pimp mobile - '81 suzuki gs 250 t 90 day: 96.29 mpg (US) schnitzel - '01 Volkswagen Golf TDI 90 day: 53.56 mpg (US) Thanks: 158 Thanked 269 Times in 212 Posts	FYI, no backlight on those too. I was just checking them out yesterday in fact. You can just point an LED at it I suppose and coat the back of the LED with black paint so it doesn't glare. The other LCD caveat that paulb gave me was that the temperature range on some LCDs isn't very good. They just go blank below a certain temperature. The "official" one looks like it is 0 deg C ~ +50 deg C per the spec. We might want to reconsider that display before winter gets here. There are a bunch on mouser.com that claim -20 to +70 operating temp for not a lot of money. __________________ WINDMILLS DO NOT WORK THAT WAY!!!